CD Baby Now Sells CDs on Amazon.com

I’ve waited for this day for a long time. CD Baby is finally offering it’s physical album distribution on Amazon. That means you don’t have to get $29.95 annual distribution account with Amazon where they take a whopping 55%!

That has long bothered me–55%. Typically, I wholesale my CDs for $7.50. So selling CDs for $16.98, I pull in a little less than $7.50 But I was also forced to stop selling jewel case CDs because Amazon (or their customers) kept breaking them and sending them back.

Meanwhile, my CD, Whiskers in the Jar, sold at Amazon via CD Baby. I earned $8.00 from that sale. My album was discounted at the time. It’s more money than I would earn as an Amazon Advantage customer. Should I stop selling CDs directly through Amazon?

You see, the main reason I signed back up with Amazon Advantage is to get my music on Pandora. They require that your CDs sell on Amazon. However, Pandora has yet to add any of my award-winning music. By having an Advantage account, I’m making less money without reaping any benefits through Pandora.